St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
The Noted St. Paul Lawyer
Lets Himself Out at
Sioux City,
And Makes a Fiery Plea on
Behalf of His Client,
Arensdorf,
Who Is on Trial for the AS
SasSination Of Rev.
Mr.. HaddOck.
Lou Murray Sentenced to Ten
Years at StillWatep--TWo
Men Killed.
Special TO the Glohe.

Special 10 the Glohe.
SIOUX CITY, To-, Dec. S.-Attorney
Erwin, for the defense in the Arensdorf
case, continued his argument to-day. AT
the adjournment of court last evening
this gentleman had talked only about
fifteen minutes. so that in fact his argu-
ment begun to-day. He opened by a
neat little complimentary speech to the
jury in which they were called kings,
and urged to decide the case as to them
appeared Just. The counsel for both
sides were then lauded and Attorney
ArgO was nominated for governor of
Iowa. The states counsel were termed
the 'hOpe of the invaders of our rights,
of the fanatics of our time Referring
to the Clark law he said: while it was
legal
1T WAS REVOLUTIONARY
in its character, and an invasion of the
liberty OF the citizens of Iowa. | will
forever hold that it was an invasion of
our ancient liberties. The Iowa legiS-
latOrs. III yielding to the demand of
these fanatics, have been guilty of a
breach of legislative trust, and given
aid to movement intended to enslave
the sovereign citizen. 1t is dangerous,
as it is damnable betrayal. In the
laws of God there is no limit placed
upon the right of men to eat, drink and
be merry. TO some men it is benefit
to drink liquor. The state legislature
might as well prohibit the making and
eating of cheese on account of
constipation. as to prohibit the drinking
of liquor Oh account of intOXicatiOn.'
MIR. Erwin then reviewed the effect of
the Clark liquor law upon Sioux City.
He held that the great and promising
city had been checked in its growth ana
stood stagnant t0-day. 4 short time
prior to Aug. 3, 1856. the people of
Sioux City saw this. There are no laws
to control the fanatics and they sent
out ii. II. Leavitt to murder Rev. George
laddOck. All surrendered to the
fanatics. The police yielded.
DEBA SEMENT OF RELIGION @
followed the passage of this law. Re-
ligi0n engendered a war of hate. Rev.
George {. HaddOck. minister, entered
the war and armed himself with
weapon dangerous and brutal. How
unlike the weapon of true follower of
God. On Sunday he preached, and on
Monday he assaulted men with this
weapon. Great God. all this under due
form of law! Was this peace or was it
war. war as bad as if the hand of
united nation had been raised. The
citizens should have resented such
war. The war of IiaddOck and his
fanatics could not he repealed. The
judicial powers sustained them, the very
law upheld them, and the people
could no longer look to courts for refuge
and protection. Meanwhile terror
reigned in Iowa. People protested,
judges sought to find relief for the
people, but no relief could be found.
The Republican party of Iowa stood
gagged and bound by this bondage. The
business men of this city protested.
They saw disaster hanging over the city.
They could not remove it, and to-day
the terrible effect is felt by every citi-
zen. The fanatical workings are com
plete. The temperance alliance spurred
on by its success, is to-day
AN INVADER OF HOMES
and destroyer of tireside ties. sneak
ing peace-deStrOyer. They tell of the
conspiracy of the SalOOnkeeperS. Who
were the aggressOrs against society, law
and established customs? The fanatics.
Mr.. Erwin then asked the jury to 90
back with him to Aug. 3. 1886. when the
fanatics were in charge of this court
room, using the court to perpetrate their
hates upon SalOOnkeeperS. 1t is an
open fact that had not Harry Leavitt
killed Rev. HaddOck and entered into a
conspiracy with the fanatics of
Iowa. the legislature would have
OverthrOwn their law upon the
demand of the people. The fanatics
hold Iowa but by single hair. They
must play their cards fine, or tomorrow
\ Inir Rno Il. d.,
ferring to Haddock, Mr.. Irwin said:
by his dress. by everything about him,
he was a crazy fanatic. He was con-
spiratOr-an armed conspiratOr. Mr.
IiaddOck, by acts higher than all human
testimony, is proved to have been an
armed and disguised eOnspirator-a
providing. midnight, law-breaking caves
dropping conspirator. This denuncla-
ton of IIaddock was hiSsed.) A con-
tScatOr, an infOrmer.
A STIRRER-UP OF STRIFE.
What candidate for martyr. and
that he has billed all over the world as
a martyr is known to all. Col. Wood as
cO-cOnspil atOr poses as his companion at
New York in the Cooper union. They
tell us he was a preacher. | suppose a
preacher may do anything he wants to.
On that theory he may be martyr. Mr..
Haddock is where ! cannot hurt him.
dead by an assassin which he himself
awakened from the br0thel and the
slums. IladdOck had taken the livery
of heaven, but was it to serve his
God? He drummed with his weapon
ON the laZar house, and an
inmate came out and slew him. " hat
ever respect you may have for the class
that teach the way TO heaven, you can
not. as citizens, regard him as having
any title to this respect when you find
him armed Religion is debased when
it is prostituteG by man. No mere call
ing of Mr.. HaddOck can save him from
the imputatiOns that fall on one found
conSpiring, meddling, prOwling, as he
was. on the night of Aug. 81 At the
afternoon session Erwin continued
much in the same style for some time
and then
TOOK Up AN ANALYSIS
of Ieavitt and ArensdOrf to show which
Of the two men would be most likely to-
commit the crime. He argued at length
that Leavitt had changed his Chicago
residence Oh the instigatiOn of the pros
ecution. and the prosecution was ae
cused of procuring this false evidence
to convict an innocent man. AT the
evening adjournment he had not COM
pleted his argument Aid Will probably
occupy most of tomorrow, as he has
not yet got down to an analysis of the
testimony in the case, which is very vol
luminous. The court room has been
packed all day, but 10 demonstrations |
like those of yesterday have been made.
an evening paper says that Attorney i
Erwin played to the biggest audience
ever assembled in Sioux City. He is a